![Ted Page [Michael Byrne] has come back to stay with Joe McIntyre [Reece Dinsdale] and David Platt [Jack P Shepherd].](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SEI_303504591-63df.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The Coronation Street and Harry Potter star Michael Byrne has died at the age of 82.
Tributes are pouring in after the death of Mr Byrne, who played Corrie’s Ted Page, the ex-lover of Audrey Roberts and dad of Gail Platt.
His long career spanned dozens of theatre productions, TV and film since the 1960s.
The veteran actor, who learned the trade on the UK’s iconic theatre stages, took on the role of older Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 in 2010.
The London-born actor played with the likes of Maggie Smith at the Old Vic, and alongside Hollywood royalty including Harrison Ford.
He also appeared in Mel Gibson’s Braveheart (1995), and landed the part of a navy officer in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), helping Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond.
In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Mr Byrne played ruthless Nazi colonel Ernst Vogel.
Apt Pupil saw him take on the role of a Jewish concentration camp survivor with Sir Ian McKellen.
He became a familiar face to many as Corrie’s Ted Page between 2008 and 2010 when the character returned to the series as Gail Platt’s absent dad.
In Ted’s final appearance on the show, he walked his daughter Gail down the aisle in her wedding to Joe McIntyre.
On TV, he appeared on several hit series like BBC’s Casualty, ITV’s A Touch of Frost and Sharpe.
The actor is survived by his wife Carole, two daughters Tara and Bryony and three grandchildren, Tom, Chloe and Jasmine.
Fans reacted to the news of his death on social media.
Stuart Beck said: ‘RIP to the charming Michael Byrne who played Corrie’s (lovely, gay) Ted Page.’
Lily May Sherratt said: ‘The superb Michael Byrne has left us.’
